Michigan Attorney General Opinion

Under section 269, MCL 168.269, of the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq., an individual appointed to fill a vacancy on an elected board of county road commissioners holds office for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Article 11, § 8 of the 1963 Constitution applies to a person who, within the immediately preceding 20 years, was convicted of a felony involving dishonesty, deceit, fraud, or breach of the public trust and the conviction was related to ...

The art collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts is held by the City of Detroit in charitable trust for the people of Michigan, and no piece in the collection may thus be sold, conveyed, or transferred to satisfy City ...

Const 1963, art 9, § 35, authorizes the use of money in the Natural Resources Trust Fund for the development of public recreation facilities. Money from the Natural Resources Trust Fund therefore cannot be used for the maintenance of existing ...

Const 1963, art 9, § 35, does not permit the expenditure of Michigan Natural Resource Trust Fund interest and earnings for payments in lieu of taxes on property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources that was not ...

If 2011 PA 4 is disapproved by voters pursuant to the power of referendum under Const 1963, art 2, § 9, that law will no longer have any effect and the formerly repealed law, 1990 PA 72, is permanently revived ...

The Michigan Fireworks Safety Act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28.451 et seq., does not preempt a generally applicable local ordinance regulating all use of temporary vending facilities because the ordinance has only an incidental effect on the sale, display, and ...

No entity can lawfully claim exclusive control over use of the State’s highway route marker design because the design is in the public domain and is otherwise not subject to protection under trademark law. Opinion No. 7265. (Lawyers Weekly No. ...